Mechanism of fatigue in the absence of defects and inclusions -- Stress concentration -- Notch effect and size effect -- Effect of size and geometry of small defects on the fatigue limit -- Effect of hardness Hv on fatigue limits of materials -- Effects of nonmetallic inclusions on fatigue strength -- Bearing steels -- Spring steels -- Tool steels: effect of carbides -- Effects of shape and size of artificially introduced alumina particles on 1.5Ni-Cr-Mo (En24) steel -- Nodular cast iron -- Influence of Si-phase on fatigue properties of aluminium alloys -- Ti alloys -- Torsional fatigue -- The mechanism of fatigue failure of steels in the ultralong life regime of N> 10⁷ cycles -- Effect of surface roughness on fatigue strength
Summary
METAL FATIGUE: EFFECTS OF SMALL DEFECTS AND NONMETALLIC INCLUSIONS
